κίτρος
Greek (Cypriot)
/ˈcitɾos/
noun
Definitions
- (botany) citrus (shrubs and trees of the genus Citrus)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin citrus (citron tree, thuja, citron) derived from Ancient Greek κέδρος (cedar, juniper, juniper tree, applied to species of Juniperus and similar trees, cedar-oil).
Origin
Ancient Greek
κέδρος
Gloss
cedar, juniper, juniper tree, applied to species of Juniperus and similar trees, cedar-oil
Kanji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- citrus English
- cedrium Latin
- cedrus Latin
- citrullus Latin
- citrum Latin
- citrum, citrus Latin
- citrus Latin
- citrin French
- citron French
- κέδρινος Ancient Greek
- κέδρος Ancient Greek
- κεδρίς Ancient Greek
- κεδρελάτη Ancient Greek
- *ked- Proto-Indo-European
- seder Norwegian Bokmål
- sitron Norwegian Bokmål
- citron Swedish
- cytryna Polish
- seder Norwegian Nynorsk
- sitron Norwegian Nynorsk
- cidra Galician
- Zitroun Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- citron Middle French